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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrator
- Elijah Harris
- Publisher
- Manifold Media LLC
- Publish Date
- 30 June 2024
- Run Time
- 1 hour 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrator
- Elijah Harris
- Duration
- 1 hour 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 June 2024
- ISBN
- 0782376062416
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Manifold Media LLC
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Originally published in Strand Magazine in February 1892, "The Speckled Band" is a classic locked-room mystery that deals with themes of parental greed, inheritance, and freedom. Tinged with Gothic elements, it is considered by many to be one of Doyle's finest works, with the author himself calling it his best story.
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